Caliph, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Caliph
State:sa
Established:May 1926
Postcode:5310
Dist1:41
Dir1:southwest
Location1:Loxton, South Australia
Dist2:184
Dir2:east
Location2:Adelaide
Lga:District Council of Loxton Waikerie
Stategov:Chaffey
Fedgov:Barker
Coordinates:-34.6586°N 140.2763°W
Local Map:yes
Zoom:6
Map Type:nomap
Near-N:Wunkar
Near-Ne:Pyap West
Near-E:Veitch
Near-Se:Alawoona
Near-S:Wanbi
Near-Sw:Mindarie
Near-W:Mantung
Footnotes:[1]

Caliph is a locality in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. Its name was derived from a variety of wheat grown in the area.[1]

Caliph was a station on the Moorook railway line which opened in 1925 and closed in 1971. The town was surveyed in May 1926 but no longer exists. The former community hall is a stone building near the railway station, but is no longer in use.[2]

The next railway station north of Caliph was Bayah (where the railway crossed Mindarie Road) which is now included in the locality of Caliph. The station of Tuscan was where the railway crossed Farr Road, on the northern boundary of Caliph. The adjacent former town is now included in the locality of Wunkar. No infrastructure remains at either station.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Placename Details: Caliph (LOCB) . Government of South Australia . Location SA Viewer . SA0011640 . 31 March 2010 . 2 September 2022 .
  2. Web site: Former Community Hall, Caliph . Heritage of the Murray Mallee . Andrea . Paul . Kloeden . Kloeden . August 1998 . 2 September 2022 . Heritage South Australia . 291–292.